In He Lianfang's study, he was playing chess with Zhao Yao.
"Did you really write about the tax reform policies to Zhao Zheng?"
Zhao Yao nodded and said, "Yes, when Father asked about the land taxation situation, I conveniently also mentioned the other policies."
He Lianfang was aware of these three policies since they had already been implemented in Swamp Prefecture.
"Tsk tsk tsk, Father actually asked only now." Zhao Yao expressed disdainfully, "I've mentioned the land taxation in my secret memorial. I thought Father would notice immediately. I didn't expect him to just notice now; Father really is quite oblivious." In his previous memorial, he hadn't explicitly stated what the reform entailed, but he did mention tax exemption for head tax and taxation based on land size. He thought Father would write to ask about it immediately after reading, but surprisingly, Father didn't ask.
